The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation provides a lot of information which includes the train timetable, train route, train fare, online booking, seat availability. Besides this, the website provides other information such as the total number of stations, the current position of the train, the number of bridges, the longest bridge, the number of viaducts, the tallest viaduct and more.

The journey from Mumbai to Goa by train is around 8 – 12 hours (depending on the train you select) and there is a pantry in the train, so lunch and dinner is not a problem.

We are providing below for ready reference the train names, departure and arrival times. There are several classes of travel available like AC 1st Class, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Chair Car, Sleeper class and Sitting. The price of a one way ticket ranges from 180 rupees in Sitting up to 1,700 rupees in AC 1 Class. You can make a reservation on the Indian Railways website.

All times are in IST.

Trains on All weekdays

1. 1) Mandovi Express (0103) departs from Mumabi CST at 06:55 am / Panvel at 08:25 am and arrives Goa Madgaon station at 06:45 pm.
2. 2) Mangala Lakshadweep Express (2618) departs from Panvel at 09:30 am and arrives Goa Margao station at 7:30 pm.
3. 3) Konkan Kanya (0111) departs from Mumbai CST at 11:05 pm / Panvel at 12:30 am and reaches Goa Margao station at 10:45 am.
4. 4) Netravati Express (6345) departs from Mumbai LTT at 11:40 am / Panvel at 12:40 pm and arrives Goa Madgaon station at 10:40 pm.
5. 5) Jan Shatabdi (2051) departs from Mumbai CST at 5:10 am / Panvel at 06:36 am and reaches Goa Madgaon station at 02:10 pm.
6. 6) Matsyagandha (2619) departs from Mumbai LTT at 3:20 pm / Panvel at 04:25 pm and reaches Goa Madgaon station at 01:45 am.
7. Trains on Selected weekdays
8. 1) Ahmedabad Madgaon Special (0921) departs from Panvel at 12:20 am and arrives Goa Madgaon railway station at 02:30 pm. This train runs only on Monday.
9. 2) Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express (2432) departs from Panvel at 05:10 am and reaches Goa Madgaon railway station at 6:45 pm. This train runs only on Monday, Wednesday & Thursday.
10. 3) Amritsar Kochuveli Express (2484) departs from Panvel at 12:30 pm and arrives Goa Madgaon station at 10:15 pm. This train runs only on Monday.
11. 4) LTT Kochuveli Garib Rath (2201) departs from Mumbai LTT at 04:55 pm / Panvel at 06:10 pm and reaches Madgaon railway station at 02.25 am. This train runs only on Monday & Friday.
12. 5) Okha Ernakulam Express (6337) departs from Panvel at 10:00 pm and arrives Madgaon station at 07:30 am. This train runs only on Monday & Saturday.
13. 6) Mangalore Express (2133) departs from Mumabi CST at 10:15 pm / Panvel at 11:20 pm and arrives Madgaon station at 07:00 am. This train runs only on Monday, Wednesday & Friday.
14. 7) Goa Sampark Kranti Express (2450) departs from Panvel at 05:15 am and arrives Goa Madgaon station at 02:50 pm. This train runs only on Tuesday & Sunday.
15. Dehradun Kochuveli Express (2288) departs from Panvel at 12:30 pm and arrives Madgaon station at 9:30 pm. This train runs only on Tuesday.
16. 9) Bikaner Kochuveli Express (6311) departs from Panvel at 10:05 pm and arrives Madgaon station at 07:30 am. This train runs only on Wednesday.
17. 10) Kerala Sampark Kranti Express (2218) departs from Panvel at 12:30 pm and arrives Goa Madgaon station at 10:45 pm. This train runs only on Thursday.

Delta Air Lines is on an expansion spree in Asia. With Asia being a booming economy, Delta is eager to claim its share of the market pie in the segment of air travel, which is expected to grow steadily. The Senior Vice President for Delta Air Lines’ Asia Pacific, Mr Vinay Dube, commented that the airline has the ability to make investments in customer service and reach a major brand name position in Asia. Delta gained approximately $593 million in 2010 and at present, 17 Asia-Pacific cities are serviced by the airline. Delta would be operating new routes in Asia from this year. This includes the flight, which would be launched from this weekend. This flight will operate from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to Los Angeles and Detroit. In addition, Delta would operate flights from Atlanta to Shanghai and Detroit to Beijing. Besides concentrating upon Asia, Delta is taking many other steps for boosting its business. This includes investments to the tune of $2 billion for renovating airport lounges and improving seats and entertainment systems.

Revamped Section in Premium Economy

From next summer onwards, passengers booking cheap flights with the new Economy Comfort section of Delta will spend their air travel in comfort. Delta will be installing new seats on its long distance international flights. These seats would provide better recline and up to 4 inches of additional legroom and would be installed in the economy cabins’ first few rows of Delta’s 747, 757, 767, 777, and A330 airlines. Full fare ticket passengers as well as highest ranking frequent flyer travellers won’t have to pay extra on their tickets for these seats. In addition, whenever these international flights would be put on domestic routes, the new seats would be reserved for highest ranking frequent flyers and full fare ticket passengers.

Delta Air Lines Starts Codeshare Service with GOL

Delta Air Lines started a codeshare service with GOL, one of the largest Brazilian airlines. This adds 15 new destinations immediately to Delta’s network in South America and also increases passenger prospects for finding cheap flights. At present, Delta sells its services on 56 GOL flights between Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, and 15 destinations in Brazil. These are Curitiba, Cuiaba, Belo Horizonte, Florianopolis, Belem, Fortaleza, Goiania, Iguassu Falls, Joao Pessoa, Vitoria, Teresina, Salvador, Recife, Porto Alegre, and Navegantes.

Eternal SkyMiles

A SkyMiles member can now book a ticket with Delta after long gaps without worrying about the previously accumulated miles. Delta no longer invalidates these miles for passengers who have not operated their accounts for over two years. Delta Air Lines has also announced more benefits for the year ‘including significant improvements to delta.com such as an upgraded award travel calendar, improved booking process and better flight information display’.

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan is included in the top 7 frequent flyer programs in United States. Although it cannot compete with Delta, United or American Airlines with the number of serving destinations, its loyalty program is on the same level and offers great benefits for travelers.

When you decide that destination for your next vacations will be some of the Alaska Airlines serving list, the first step you should do is to apply for Mileage Plan program. During the last decade, the airline has received many awards for its customer service and also frequent flyer program. Therefore, this is a good choice from this perspective as well.

Once you have a membership number, and you know how many frequent flyer miles you need to get for the rewarded flight, you may start to acquire miles with simple daily activities. You will be amazed how easy, and fast you can get the free flight to your desired destination.

Do you use credit cards?

As with any of top 7 programs, you need to apply for new credit card. This is one of the easiest ways how to earn good deal of flyer miles. I am sure you are using a credit card daily, so why not get additional benefits. You can earn 20 000 miles as soon as you are accepted and one mile for each dollar you spend. Do you know how much you spend with credit card each year?

How many times you dine out of home yearly? How much money do you spend in restaurants?

You can obtain miles with Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan program by dining in your favorite restaurants, coffee shops and bars. You can earn 5 frequent flyer miles for each dollar you spend. On average each member, who uses this option, earns additional 10 000 miles yearly.

Before you decide to purchase something you should look for the frequent flyer programs offers. You will find that you can purchase different product and services from around 600 retailers and earn up to 3 miles per each dollar. How much money you spend for shopping each year? This can give you a clear estimate, how many miles you will have in a certain period of time.

These are a couple of preferences, which offers you to earn a cheapest flight ever. There is no such thing as something for nothing. However, by exploring all the opportunities and applying the steps daily you will be amazed how fast you can earn reward flight. You can find out more about airline travel by following the steps below.